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Auction Closed
June 27, 03:32 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
CLAUDE CAHUN (LUCY SCHWOB)
1894 - 1954
'LA CHAMBRE DU CHAT'
signed, titled, and dated 1940 in ink on the reverse
gelatin silver print
6⅛ x 8¼ in.; 15.6 x 21 cm
1940.
Claude Cahun was a writer, actress, artist, and outspoken member of the Parisian lesbian community between the two world wars. In her series of inventive self-portraits, she embodied a wide array of masculine and feminine personas, often including her cat in the fanciful scenarios. In this seductive image, her feline friend takes center stage as it sunbathes on a miniature canopied bed.